Helping hospitals

Okay after losing my son and finding out how bad moms of angel baby's need things to remember there babies i have decided i would really like to start trying to make memory boxes for the hospital i had my baby in atleast to start at that hospital i would have loved to receive angel charms or bracelets with my son's name on them i would have liked to receive pictures that weren't blurry i wish i would have got handprints i wish that i could have gotten a memory box that i can actually put stuff in all i got from the hospital was a few things in a box the size of an index card i know something is better then nothing but i would really like to make the other moms a little happier with what there going home with i mean this is all they can do is remember there baby there not taking ther little one home and that is just really hard and being an angel mom i think i could help but.......... have any of you did this? i was just wondering because i would like to include things that are personal for the baby's but how would i do that you can't just leave the memory box there would the hospital let you know when there is an angel baby so you can prepare the personal things with there name on it or no? this is what i'm curious about any help would be great thanks!

Maybe make up some pamphlets or info sheets that explain what you are offering, the memory box and include whatever the contents are, and give them to the hospital and tell themthat they can offer your services to anyone in need of them, and obviously include your contact information, and then I guess it would be up to the parents to decide if they wanted that. Ofcourse the hospital may ormay not be allowed to do that kind of thing. So I'm notsure what the policy is. You'd have to ask.

YOu have such a good heart!!!

Azaera had a good idea... i was thinking make memory boxes with things like a foot and hand print kit and so on ... then leave your info and they can call you when they would like a bracelet or something. I don't think the hospital would notify you because of privacy rules. But this is a really awesome idea

yea that is a good idea and a good point i know since i've been looking for stuff to help remember my son some hospitals and groups have been helping send home things like this to the angel baby moms like bracelets with there names and stuff i guess that is something i will have to keep checking around for i know no one even asked bout my box it just was a tiny box with the hospital bands and some footprints which kind of upset me cause they put them together before they were dried and they all got smeared  

Quoting agunter03:“ YOu have such a good heart!!!”

Thanx i just want to do something for people that have gone thru what i have i made a bear so that i can actually have something to hold when i am down and thinking of my angel i think it's something that would help moms who just lost there babies

That's a good idea too, the kit thing that egyptiangodss said. And I know just how important it can be to get a bracelet or necklace with your baby's name on it. The other thing you can do, and this is totally at your discretion as well, is to let the grieving families know that they can call you if they have questions or want to talk about it.. Again stressing that it's up to you, if you don't want to talk about it by all means don't. But I know how helpful it can be when you first lose your baby to have someone who understands what you're going through, who can listen to you, and isn't judging. What you're doing is so meaningful.

yea azaera that is a pretty good idea too i know if i wouldn't have known about this site it would have been really hard it is good to know there are people out there you can talk too.

I have a memory box. Its awesome I can take pics if you want. It does help. Let me know if you want pics. Its kinda like a hat box .

I hope this gives you an idea. Its so weird the lady who painted the box her name is Bobbie and so is mine and the last name is starts with ELIA and so does mine crazy .

Quoting RIP My baby girl Devon An:“ I hope this gives you an idea. Its so weird the lady who painted the box her name is Bobbie and so is mine and the last name is starts with ELIA and so does mine crazy .”

i forgot I sleep with the Angel when I feel like I cant do it no mare and it does help.

I don't think I personally could have handled a memory box.... Here in Guatemala I wasn't even allowed to see the fetus or know if it was a girl or boy. It was hard, and though I wish I could have held it, known if I had a boy or a girl or at least ... i dunno...

Sometimes it feels like it never happened, and in some ways that's better for me...

But I do think that it's a beautiful idea that you have.

I know here in Arizona, with the parent's consent, often times photographers are called in specially to take pictures of angel babies for their parents. I believe they do the hand and footprint thing as well. I don't see why if the parent's gave their permission they couldn't contact you.
Although leaving the hospital with foot/handprint kits that they could do would probably work as well. I know a lot of hospitals have volunteers/aides that would love to be able to make a difference in that way.
BTW I Love your idea and compassion for helping others!  

thanks everyone for your ideas and help sorry i haven't responded my internet has been off becuase of no power from tropical storm yes i love your box i'm suprised with how much it has in it that's what i want to do i want to make a difference.. so thank you ladys for all your help yea i would have loved a photographer come in and take pics. i don't think my hospital was as prepared as others for this kind of thing and that's what i would like to change i didn't get a memory box or anythin except for this little box they put the hospital bracelets in keep the ideas going i'm a one woman show so i can use all the help i can get

thanks again!